Geoff Zoeckler

The social entrepreneur meets engineer, I am currently taking a personal sabbatical to best determine the next challenge I will take head on.

I have spent the last 6 years at SEEK and Kaleidoscope in consulting roles with Fortune 100 companies leveraging creativity principles derived from psychology and neuroscience to drive consumer empathy & transformational innovation. Specifically, I led complex innovation consulting programs for companies such as Intel, Johnson & Johnson, McDonald's, Kimberly Clark, Kellogg, Pfizer, and P&G.

Previous to that, I spent 7 years at General Mills and Birds Eye Foods where I flexed my Chemical Engineer degree as a Senior Product Developer focusing on hundred million dollar innovation pipelines.

Overall, I get my kicks by solving problems and improving the culture of innovation within corporate walls. My unquenchable curiosity and zeal for life has led me to develop many personal and professional hobbies like photography and all aspects of home repair.

I live in a great community in Cincinnati, OH called Madeira with my wife and three daughters. Weekends are spent exploring nature, building things, and trying out a variety of sports.

I've recently completed a Masters in Creativity and Change Leadership up at Buffalo State University in New York.

I have also been contributing to the greater good by acting as a Social Innovation Specialist and Board Member for Design Impact (DI - www.d-impact.org). With DI, I have lead efforts to develop, train, and facilitate leadership and creative problem solving approaches with United Way in Cincinnati (Studio C program) and the Wellinkar School of Management in Mumbai and Lonavala India (partnership with the Center for Creative Leadership - CCL – http://www.ccl.org/).

Always open for the next adventure, I will continue to let my curiosity lead me into situations where I have the greatest opportunity to build into others.

Specialties: Innovation, ideation, creativity, brainstorming, transformation, facilitation, problem solving, public speaking, training, design thinking.